Sunday, September 21, 2008
Starting Hume
I am not totally understanding how these three reasons mean that our moral views are objective and based on our own bias. I think it's very difficult for people to be objective. I would agree that we are influenced by the feelings of others and that we do compare ourselves to the situations of others in order to decide how we feel about our situation but I don't see how that makes it objective. Hopefully I will understand better when we discuss in class and start the readings.
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I would agree. I think all three tendencies he suggests sound rational. But I would agree that it is hard to relate them to moral views at this point. Perhaps he's suggesting that how we see ourselves in the world affects our standard for moral responsibility?
Even after having class on Monday, I am having a hard time understanding how Hume will use these three to explain his code of behavior. I guess it will become clearer as we go through the book in class.
So, is class helping?
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